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Friday, January 18, 1980

Bean, Onion Salad

By NORMA BARACH

(Copyright 1980, JTA, Inc.)
1 No. 303 can of regular cut
green beans
1 No. 303 can wax beans
1 No. 303 can kidney beans
1 No. 303 can chick peas
1 No. 303 can green peas
1 medium red onion cut into
thin rings
1 yellow onion cut into thin
rings
MARINADE
1 cup vinegar
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup salad oil
2 tsps. salt
V. tsp. pepper
dash of oregano (optional)
Drain all cans of vegetables.
Mix them together in a large
bowl. Mix together all the
marinade ingredients. Pour
marinade over vegetables and
toss. Place in refrigerator and
chill at least 24 hours before
serving. Serves 15-20.

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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Oak Park Workshop of JVS Has 83 Clients in 3 Months

By BARBARA LEWIS
Jewish Welfare Federation

In one room, a young
woman makes a bed, care-
fully tucking in the corners
of the sheet. In a room
nearby, two middle-aged
men toss a ball back and
forth. Down the hall, in a
large workroom, groups of
people assemble hospital
admission kits, carefully
putting together a towel,
washcloth, toothbrush and
other items and sealing the
package with a special
machine.
The scene is the new Oak
Park Community Work-
shop of the Jewish Voca-
tional Service, a member
agency of the Jewish Wel-
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shop in downtown Detroit.
The new workshop serves
retarded residents of south-
ern Oakland County who
are 26 or older, enabling
them to learn new skills
and, in most cases, to earn a
small wage.
The program, which
began in September, is
funded by Oakland
County Community Men-
tal Health Services and
United Community Serv-
ices. Capital funds are
provided by the United
Foundation.
"Our clients all have the
primary disability of men-
tal retardation, but many
have other problems too,
such as epilepsy, impaired
vision o: orthopedic hand-
icaps," said Barbara
Nuremberg, JVS' assistant
executive director.
"What makes this work-
shop so special is that we
provide a lot of other serv-
ices in addition to teaching
work skills in our work ac-
tivities center," she said.
"Because of the variety of
Services offered, we refer to
this as an adult day pro-
gram.
In most sheltered work-
shops, the clients' biggest
need is to learn work skills;
they already have personal
care skills and some 'com-
munity survival' skills —
how to use public transpor-
tation, how to make pur-
chases and make change
and so on.
"Our clients have a
broader range of prob-
lems and need a lot of
other services," she said.
"We have a physical edu-
cation teacher who spe-
cializes in working with
the handicapped. We
have a speech therapist,
an occupational
therapist, a psychologist,
a registered nurse and
several other specialists
on our staff."
The physical education
teacher leads conditioning
exercises for clients who
have led relatively inactive
lives and also works with
those who have basic coor-
dination problems.
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Many of the program's
clients have speech prob-
lems; some barely speak at
all. For them, the speech
therapist teaches sign lan-
guage, giving them a means
of communicating with
others.
In the "daily living"
section of the workshop,
a model apartment has
been set up so clients can
learn how to cook simple
meals, set a table, make a
bed and put clothes away
in a closet.
Almost all the clients
spend some time in the work
activities center, where
they do subcontract work in
one of three "shops" and are
paid on a per-piece basis.
Each worker has a locker
and time-card.
For those who are not yet
able to work in the shops,
there is "prevocational
training" which stresses
basic skills or adaptive
techniques.
"For example, one of our
clients has cerebral palsy
and it's affected his tactile
ability. He has trouble pick-
ing things up and putting
them down," Ms. Nurem-
berg said. "Occupational
therapy will help him learn
to use his hands effectively,
which he'll have to do before
he can go to the work activi-
ties center."
An individual program is
developed for every client,
depending on his or her
needs, said Jewish Voca-
tional Service President Ju-
lian H. Scott.
"We call it a 'graduated
habilitation' program,"
he said. "What we want to
do is move the clients
from whatever level they
are at when they start to
their optimal level. In
some cases that will mean
competitive employment
in the general commu-
nity. For others, it will
mean just being able to
take care of their own
personal needs."
The Oak Park workshop
currently serves 83 clients
who range in age from their
late 20s to 60. About
three-quarters of them live
nearby with their families;
the rest live in group homes
in the area. They spend
more than six hours a day,
five days a week, at the
workshop. There is room to
accommodate up to 100
clients at the site. Twenty-
five professionals staff the
program, allowing close
supervision of activities.
Another unusual aspect
of the program is that it is
located in the heart of the
community, on the top floor
of a large office building at
Greenfield and Lincoln.
"Programs for the re-
tarded are often housed in
out-of-the-way locations,
and the clients don't have
much interaction with the
'community," Ms. Nurem-
berg said. "In this building
we . have a restaurant, a
variety store and a bank,
which really helps in our
teaching of community sur-
vival skills.
"It's been good for

community education,

too. Our neighbors in the

building are large corpo-
rations whose workers
may not have been ex-
posed to retarded per-
sons before. Everything's
working out well."
Response from clients and
their parents has been very
positive.
"I like it here a lot," said
one client. "It's a nice big
place. I used to go to a pro-
gram in Pontiac, and it was
a long way to go out there; it
took almost an hour."
"The staff are real nice,

and we have friends here,"
said another client. "You
get to be buddies with the
people you work with."
Parents are
encouraged to drop in at
the center; those who
wish are taught the same
sign language that is
taught to the clients.
"It's obvious to them that
we care," Ms. Nuremberg
said. "Even though we've
only been open a few
months, they can see some
growth and development."

Jobs Needed for Russians

"Rapid integration of
Russian emigres into the
local economy is the cor-
nerstone of a successful re-
settlement program," noted
Julian H. Scott, president of
the Jewish Vocational Serv-
ice and Community Work-
shop. Scott's comments fol-
lowed an announcement by
the Jewish Welfare Federa-
tion that it has agreed to ac-
cept 650 emigres in 1980.
JVS helped 257 Russians
find jobs in 1979. Most of
those employed found work
within 90 days after arriv-
ing in this country. Scott
noted that a declining
economy in 1980 will make
more difficult the agency's
achievement of even the
same objective as last year,
yet nearly one-third more
Russians will need jobs in
1980 than in the previous
year.
JVS staff efforts have
been augmented by the ac-
tivities of an Employers
Task Force, headed by
Stephen Bromberg. These
volunteers contact other
potential employers to se-
cure needed job openings.
Bromberg noted that the
most effective way to both
reduce resettlement costs
and facilitate the adjust-
ment of new emigres is
rapid job placement.
Although
Russian
emigres coming to this
country run the full spec-
trum of occupations, the
education of most exceeds
secondary levels. Efforts are
made to place the Russians
on jobs similar to those held
in the USSR, but many will
accept other jobs while
learning English and
American customs. These
emigres often return to JVS
for higher-level job place-
ment after an initial period
of adjustment.
Below is a list of emigres
currently seeking jobs:

ABRAM R. — Heavy equip-
ment machine repairman. Ex-
perienced in repair and mainte-
nance of heavy construction
equipment such as tractors,
cranes, etc.
RAISA F.— Dental technician.
Experienced.
ZINAIDA F. — Electrical-
electronics draftsman.
ABRAM G. — Sewing machine
repairman. Highly qualified.
INNA G. — Laboratory
technologist. Specialized in lab-
oratory analysis and testing of
concrete.
ISAAC I. , — Mechanical
engineer. No drafting or design
experience, supervised installa-
tions of gas mains, domestic
pipelines, and water conduits.
VIKTOR K. — Mining
engineer. Designer of mining
construction equipment. Shaft
sinking supervisor.

SEYMOUR K. — Computer
programmer. Experience with
the following computer lan-
guages: PLO, algol, Conran, and
assembler.
IRINA K — Design engineer.
Mechanical designer of con-
veyors.
IOSIF N. — Metallurgy
engineer. Specialized in re-
search of welding equipment
and welding technology.
ESYA 0. — Medical assistant.
Specialized in internal medicine
and cardiology. Would like to
work as an EKG technician.
IGOR R. — Draftsman. D.: -

years experience in mechanical

drawing and some civil drawing.
DAVID S. — Warehouse
worker.
ALEXANDER S. — Electro-
mechanical engineer. Did re-
search relating to vibration
measurement. Testing and de-
signer.
GENNADY S. — Carpenter.
Cabinet making, as well as all
rough and finish carpentry.
ANATOLY Y. — Electro-
mechanical engineer. Installed
electrical supply systems in
commercial and industrial
buildings.
DAVID Z. — Glazier. Has had
some local experience.
ZHANNE1TA Z. — Electrical
draftsman. Control and automa-
tion systems and circuits.

Persons with employ-
ment possibilities should
call the JVS, 967-0500.

Violence Pattern
in NY Is Denied

NEW YORK (JTA) —
New York Police Commis-
sioner Robert McGuire said
last week that attacks
against Jewish synagogues
and other Jewish estab-
lishments in the city as well
as crimes committed
against Jews here do not
have an "anti-Semitic pat-
tern" to them.
"These are sporadic, iso-
lated anti-Semitic" inci-
dents, McGuire told a
luncheon meeting with
members of the New York
Jewish press at police head-
quarters.

Invitation Denied

TEL AVIV (JTA) —
Labor Party chairman Shi-
mon Peres last week denied
a report in the Washington
Star alleging that he was
invited by King Hussein of
Jordan to discuss a possible
settlement of the West
Bank issue.

Lions

Deported

TEL AVIV (JTA) — The
roar of young lions in the
Safari Zoo at Ramat Gan
will soon be reduced to a
purr. Israel has sold eight of
them to South Africa be-
cause the natural increase
of the lion population in the
tiny zoo has created a hous-
ing problem.

